Electric heating and photovoltaic systems

Since RADIALIGHT proposes itself as a partner to solve your problems, make you satisfied and not necessarily to sell products anyway, let's dispel a myth.

Normally the installation of a photovoltaic system, even with storage, will not be sufficient to completely power an electric radiator heating system.

This is because a photovoltaic system for private residential use, except in rare cases, leads to maximum production in the order of 6 - 9 KW and this in the hottest seasons and during the hours of radiation. In winter and during the night, even in the presence of a storage system, the average production is lower than necessary, therefore having to draw energy from the grid. In a 150 m2 house, at least 10 - 15 KW of nominal self-production would be necessary, depending on the degree of thermal insulation of the house, just to power an electric heating system

However, a traditional 5 - 6 KW photovoltaic system creates self-production of energy which, assisted by storage, provides a "treasure" of energy that must be used to avoid re-injection into the grid which is currently absolutely unprofitable.

In these cases and in the case of specific heating problems, in poorly insulated rooms or in bathrooms (see article on heat pumps) one or more RADIALIGHT radiators can constitute a valid solution because they cost almost zero, both in terms of installation and consumption, as you will be able to make good use of the "excess" of available electrical self-production.